Basket.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. GERNER, OF VANDERGRIFT, PENN-SYLYANIA.

BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

:atenteu may 8, 1906.

application filed December 16, 1904. Beriallllo. 237,142-

e primary object of this invention isto provide a basket which is particularly adapted for the shipment of bread and the like er ticles which will be of a suflicient strength and rigidity to withstand the rou h usage to which ship ingbaskets and the l' e receptacles are so jected.

Another object of my invention is to provide'a metallic basket the sides of which will be corrugated whereby amore rigid and strong basket is procured. In constructing the baskets I have employed as few pieces as possible whereby the expense of manufacture will be reduced to a minimum. v

With the above and other objects in view reference will be hadto the drawings accompanying this application wherein iike nu: metals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved basket. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectlonal v ew of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of my improved basket.

Fig.4 is a bottom plan view of the basket.-

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank' sheet of metal from which the bottom of my improved basket-is formed, and Fig. 6 is a perf t e spective view of the bottom 0 basket as formed from the blank illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

To put my inventioninto practice, I eniploy a sheet of metal which I use to form the sides and ends ofany improved basket, and this sheet of metal is ada ted to be bent into the shape desired for the asket. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a basket which is rectan and in this instance t 9 sheet of metal, as designated b the reference-numeral 1, is bent to co orm ;tothis shape.

the sheetof metalto the contour decatd'at 6, to the one side of t of the basket. I do not care to confine my. self-to any specific form of lid or cover that -may be used 1n connection with the bod per lar in cross-section,

Prior to I sired I provide the same with corrugations 2, which lie in close proximity to one another and are arranged vertically in respect to the longitudinal axis of the sheet of metal. In forming the sides and ends of my improved basket I desire to retain plane zones above and below the corrugations, whereby the top .and bottonredges of the sides of the basket may be protected. In order to accorn lish this, suitable rollers ma be'eniploye for producing the corrugate and plane zones of the sheet of metal, or a suitable stamping and gressingmachine may be brought into use;

fit I do not care-to confine myself to the exact manner in which I may manufacture the: corrugated sheets of metal, as either of the above elements. may be'ernployed for pro-- ducin the desired construction.

When the sheet of metal has been bent to conform to the desired shape of basket, I provide the up er lane zone 3 of the sheet of metal, whic W1 1 be hereinafter termed the to edges of the basket with a metallic bin ing 4. This metallic binding in cross-. section is of a substantially U shape, and the binding may be made of a suitable piece of metal or channel-iron bent to fit around v the to edges of the basket.

or cover, which is preferably formed of'sheet metal, this lid or cover being hinged, as indif e'ti'ip edge tion of my improved basket, and if it e desired this lid or cover ma be made of one or more sections and suite le fastenings employed for securing the lids or covers in a closed position.

The bottom of m im roved basket is .formed from 0. meta iic b ank 7, which is sheared, as indicated at 8 8. The two ends 9 9 of the blank are bent upwardl at rightangles to the'body portion of the b ank, and the sides IO IO are out upwardly similarlyrto the endsQQ. 1 The ends 11 11 of the sides 1010 are then bent inwardly to engage the'ends 9 9 fo p a substantially pan-she e bottom. The an s 11 of the sides 10 are t on secured to the ends 9 9 by rivets 12 12.

The bottom of" he basket is now placed within the sides and ends formed of the sheet of metal 1 and rivets 14 employed for securing the sides 10 of the bottom and lower plane zone 15 of the sheet of metal 1 together.

he reference-numeral 5 designates'a lid.

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. cure the Prior to pgacing the rivets 14 in position to see ottom and the sides and ends of the basket together I provide the stri s 16 16 for protecting the lower edges of the asket and supporting the same. These strips are in cross-section;substantiall Z shape, and they are ada ted to be secure to the sides of the basket y the'riv'ets 14, which secure the bottom, sides, and ends of the' basket together. Another strip of metal 17 is secured to the bottom of the basket b rivets 18 thisstrip being arranged longitu inally of the basket,

whereby it will support and add rigidit to the entire basket. The strips 16 am? 17 serve two urposes-namely, to support the basket slig tly above the floor or base which supports the same and to protect the lower .edges of the basket. These strips will prevent the bottom of the basket from becoming distorted or i-n'ured, which might occur by placing the has at upon an irregular base. It will be observed that it is necessary to .provide the upper and lower plane zones I claim, and esire to secure by Letters Pat- 1.' As an article of manufacture, a metallic bread-baskehcom rising side and end walls made from a sing e sheet of metal, having vertical corrugations and having plain uncorrugated portions at the upper and lower edges respectively, a bottom aving an u turned flange flttmg within the body, ang estrips having one flange e aging the uncorrugated lower edge of the sides and the other flange thereof extending below the bottom,

and means securing the said angle-strips, the body and the bottom together, substantially as described.

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2. As an article of manufacture, a metallic bread-basket, comprising a bottom having an upwardly-extending flange supportingstrips engaging thebottom and having down- 'wardlyextendin flanges projecting below the (bottom and a'ving upwardly-extending flan es, and a body comprising side and end wa ls and having the lower edge of the side Walls received between the upwardIy-eXtendingflangeS of the bottom and supporting-strips respectively, and means for securing said flanges and side walls together.

3. As an article of manufacture, a metallic bread-basket comprising a substantially rectangulanbottom provided with an upturned flange, a body of rectan lar form havin its lower end fitting over t e flange of the ottom, supporting-strips having upwardly-projecting and downwardly-projecting flanges, the bottom resting on said sup orting-strlps, and the upwardly-projecting anges thereof being secured to the body, and to the flange of the bottom.

4.,As an article of manufacture, a metallic bread-basket comprising a bottom having an upturned flange, supporting strips on which the bottom is seated and which have u wardly-projecting flanges, a body having t 0 lower edge of its side walls received between the u wardly-projecting flanges of the bottom an the sup orting-strips,.respec- "tively, and secured t ereto and a metallic binding on the u per edge oi said body.

5. A metallic bread-basket com osed of a corrugated body portion having 'ap ane zones at its lower edge, a bottom composed -of a sin le sheet of metal having upturned sides anii upturned ends overlapping and secured tothe sides at their extremities, angle-bars having u wardl -extending flan es riveted to the sies of t e bod and to t e sides of the bottoin, said anglears extending under the bottom and serving to su port the same. In testimony whereof I a my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- HENRY J. GERNERQ Witnesses:

W. L. J. PRUGH, WM. J. Gamrrrns. 

